{"id":103408,"date":"2025-11-15T04:54:03","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T04:54:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=103408"},"modified":"2025-11-15T04:54:03","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T04:54:03","slug":"ama-warns-of-health-threats-as-traders-defy-sanitation-directives-at-agbogbloshie-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=103408","title":{"rendered":"AMA warns of health threats as traders defy sanitation directives at Agbogbloshie Market"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Accra Metropolitan Assembly has sounded the alarm over \u201crising health risks\u201d at the city\u2019s Agbogbloshie Yam Market, where traders continue to sell food along open drains and trash-filled walkways despite months of warnings and cleanup exercises.<\/p>\n

During a surprise raid, officers from the Clean Ghana Task Force arrested 12 traders accused of flouting sanitation directives. <\/p>\n

Director of the campaign, Florence Kuukyi, said the exercise was part of a wider drive to restore discipline and cleanliness across Accra\u2019s markets.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve already arrested about twelve people, and for those we couldn\u2019t arrest, we\u2019ve confiscated their wares. We know they\u2019ll return for them. About 85% of Ghanaians eat from the streets, and we all consume this food, which is not the best,\u201d\u00a0she tells JoyNews.<\/p>\n

Littered with decaying food scraps, pepper remnants, and refuse forming the very base of the trading area, authorities described the market as a \u201crecipe for disaster\u201d<\/p>\n

The enforcement drive comes as Ghana battles growing waste management challenges in its urban centres, where poor sanitation remains a persistent public health threat.<\/p>\n

The AMA says the sweeps will continue across Accra until full compliance with sanitation by-laws is achieved. <\/p>\n

Officials also warned repeat offenders could face prosecution.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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